From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from linserver.romuald.net.eu.org ([63.228.150.209]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1GcPXf-0001Jd-00 for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:54:20 -0400 Received: (qmail 7518 invoked by uid 1000); 24 Oct 2006 09:53:48 -0700 Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:53:47 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: udev, was: Re: File system erase the softsynth device Message-ID: <20061024165347.GA7463@localhost.localdomain> References: <874ptvs386.fsf@ferda.buchal.xx> <00c301c6f6a5$775c4410$5802a8c0@ERGO11> <87pscjm7ks.fsf@ferda.buchal.xx> <20061023165828.GA4235@blackbox.hittsjunk.net> <20061024134507.GA5143@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061024134507.GA5143@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:54:20 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I personally don't like it. When I decided to try it one time, most of my hardware was non-functional after boot, until I loaded the modules by hand, upon which the hardware was functional, and /dev was populated. Since I prefer to have functioning hardware after boot, without loading modules for everything by hand, rather then having a customized /dev directory, I went back to using hotplug under debian testing, currently running linux 2.6.18, and have been happily doing so ever since. I must admit however, that when I tried it, I didn't have the time to read up on it, and was expecting udev to work out of the box, just as hotplug has for me. That's just my opinion, based on my quick and undetailed experience, so take it for what it's worth. Greg On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 06:45:07AM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > This might be a dumb off-topic question but what can you tell me about > udev? I've heard of it but haven't done anything with it around here. > When upgrading to Slackware 11.0, they included some notes about major > changes with upgrading it. I see on one of my boxes that udev as a > package is installed but the startup script is not marked for execution; > so it must be installed but nopt running rightnow. Is it a good thing > to use? I'm currently on kernel 2.6.16.12 but plan to move up to 2.6.18 > when I get around to it:). > - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFPkUb7s9z/XlyUyARAgpFAKDCuKNI7YB7npXGsXbPepkiPusK8gCgmC5f w1SyURlXQ9OBxtfZlTBGRR0= =QbXX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----